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American Indian Relief Council Harassment

They lie to you. They call you and send mail and never stop when you request that they stop. They lie.

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Update by azgalatea
Apr 02, 2011 2:41 am EDT

National Relief Charities is AIRC. They are the same. They associate & create 'fake' groups for each tribe in your locale or your liking. They do NOT stop contacting you and have a "sophisticated" method of increasing your contributions or saying that they will work with you on your contributions. ha ha. What if you don't want to "work" with them? That is NOT an option for them. They say "We also offer donors the opportunity to specify how many times they wish to be called during the year". But the range is 1->infintity. They do not accept zero as an answer.

Update by azgalatea
Apr 02, 2011 1:58 am EDT

AIRC lies. They do NOT remove you from their calling or mail list. They increase your "donations" . They ignore your requests to remove you from their lists. They lie. They use most of the money to support the owner: see Web research. They insult us saying we are either "Veterans or dishwashers". No joke. check it out, or will they change that after this post? After all, they just want your money for them, not us. Note that AIRC is also the "owner" of many other 'fake' nonprofits to individual tribes. In fact, they will even make you an honorany Indian of your favorite tribe if you give them money. They will even allow you to register your dog and post pics of him if you give them money. SCAM it is for sure.

Update by azgalatea
Apr 02, 2011 1:52 am EDT

"If a donor so requests, we are more than happy to remove a phone number from our program calling list." This is a lie. "We also offer donors the opportunity to specify how many times they wish to be called during the year. " This is another lie: Just a way to get more of your money for the owner of this scam, not for the people. Check out their Web site where they refer to us as Veterans *or* diswashers.

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Sherman, US
Apr 08, 2011 7:34 pm EDT
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I am writing again in behalf of National Relief Charities to clear up several areas of confusion. AIRC is one of eight programs of National Relief Charities. NRC provides over 26 different services to over 75 reservations. Our fundraising calls are based on the need, which is constantly changing. On a given day, we may call about a blizzard or tornado, kids starting school without school supplies, contaminated drinking water in a community, food bank shortages, or other needs related to health, housing, or safety... those basic human needs that go unmet unless someone calls attention to them. Our response to each need falls under a different program, such as AIRC, SWIRC, and so forth. So yes, we call for different programs.

Regarding increasing donations, a donor is always in charge of what they give. NRC never increases someone's donations without their permission. Over 70% of NRC's revenue goes toward programs. This is based on independently audited financials and well documented in our Annual Report and Effectiveness Report in our press room at www.nrcprograms.org. We are aware of misinformation that exists on the Internet about misuse of funds. The settlement agreement for that issue (now 17 years old) clearly states "no finding of wrongdoing on the part of AIRC or NRC, " and no penalty paid by us because there was no wrongdoing.

If a donor asks to be removed from the AIRC call list and mailing list, they are removed. If they ask to be removed from other NRC program lists, they are removed. A donor may specify how many times a year they wish to be called for any given program. Please call [protected] for AIRC requests and [protected] for other program requests. It is up to the donor to take these actions.

One last clarification is regarding the references to dishwashers, veterans, tribes, and animal registration. We consistently share with the media and public that Native Americans have the highest rate of military service of any ethnic group in the U.S. You may have read in some our success stories about participants that they were veterans or dishwashers or teachers or judges or many other professions. These stories relate to specific individuals and reflect their stories that they shared with us. Regarding animals, we do have a sage page on our ROAR program site that allows animals lovers and supporters to post a photo of their own companion animals and to vote on their favorite photos. Regarding tribes, NRC does not offer donors the opportunity to become an honorary "member" of a tribe. We understand there may be some nonprofits who do this, but it has never been a practice of NRC or any of our programs. We hope this clears up any confusion on these issues.

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Sherman, US
Mar 31, 2011 4:48 pm EDT
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AIRC is a program of National Relief Charities. The need on the reservation is always there, and this drives the need for ongoing fundraising. However, our fundraising team certainly does not want to inundate people with calls. When we do call donors, we never know whether they are home or able to donate. And sometimes our calls become a chance for them to ask a question or get an update on the reservations… even if they do not donate during the call.

We are sorry you are upset. If a donor so requests, we are more than happy to remove a phone number from our program calling list. We also offer donors the opportunity to specify how many times they wish to be called during the year. Please contact AIRC donor relations at [protected] to determine which approach is best for you.

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American Indian Relief Council Wrong number harrassing phonecalls

For well over a year, I have been receiving phonecalls to my home number asking for a Ms. Barbara Winters. I have repeatedly told the callers that no such person exists at this number, since it has been my family residence phone number for well over 10 years. I have asked nicely and not so nicely to be removed from the calling list, since Ms. Winters does not exist and we are on the national do no call registry. Every month, they call repeatedly, with their caller ID number only showing zeros. They call too early on the morning and too late in the day for our houselhold. I've had enough. No organization should be allowed to be this stupid. They are completely harrassing my family and I would like it to stop. Please advise. We live in California.
Thank you.
Aiten Barton
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[protected]@comcast.net

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Fargo, US
Dec 01, 2011 10:27 pm EST

I am having the same issue with them! They have called my home number 3 days in a row and have asked for someone that doesn't even live at this residence. I have told them all 3 days to remove my number from their calling list as the person they are asking for is not associated with this phone # and every time, they tell me they will remove my number from their call list. This is getting rediculous!

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Ruth Little
Rockford, US
Oct 25, 2010 5:32 am EDT

the America Indian Relief Council is nothing but a scam. I could not possibly say enough negative things to capture how much I hate this group...the harassing, ignoring requests to get off their lists, and (if you do the research) their terrible record of actually providing the services they claim to provide.

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jenml
Eldersburg, US
Sep 02, 2010 4:30 pm EDT

I just received another phonecall once again from the American Indian Relief Council, asking to speak as usual with my 9 year old daughter! We have over and over again requested that our name and phone number be removed from their calling list, and informed them that the name they are asking for belongs to a minor child! Each time they assure us that they will "take care of that right now", yet they continue to call us ! I would like to REPORT this group as they clearly do not honor our request and continue to harrass us with their phonecalls. Does anyone have any idea who to report them to?

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Zehavi
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Mar 08, 2010 7:52 am EST

I also recieve calls from the AIRC and in someone else's name. They call continually and the caller ID says "unavailable" so I can't call the do not call regsistry. They kept asking for my wife, but my wife is not Native American, I am... I really don't know what they want...

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cwpoll
Eldersburg, US
Jan 16, 2010 8:02 am EST

I am also receiving calls from the American Indian Relief Council. They are calling for me (although they butcher the pronunciation of my name). However, I’m getting calls two to three times a week. I continually ask that they not call anymore, but to no avail. The calls come at ridiculous times (9PM on weeknights and 8AM on weekends). Caller ID comes up as unknown, so I can’t actually log with Do Not Call. Is there anything else we can do?
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Chris Poll
cwpoll@yahoo.com

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